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The Battle of Britain, 1945-1965: The Air Ministry and the Few
Garry Campion
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Description for The Battle of Britain, 1945-1965: The Air Ministry and the Few
Hardback. Seventy-five years after the Battle of Britain, the Few's role in preventing invasion continues to enjoy a revered place in popular memory. The Air Ministry were central to the Battle's valorisation. This book explores both this, and also the now forgotten 1940 Battle of the Barges mounted by RAF bombers. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPVN; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 568.
Seventy-five years after the Battle of Britain, the Few's role in preventing invasion continues to enjoy a revered place in popular memory. The Air Ministry were central to the Battle's valorisation. This book explores both this, and also the now forgotten 1940 Battle of the Barges mounted by RAF bombers.
Seventy-five years after the Battle of Britain, the Few's role in preventing invasion continues to enjoy a revered place in popular memory. The Air Ministry were central to the Battle's valorisation. This book explores both this, and also the now forgotten 1940 Battle of the Barges mounted by RAF bombers.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230284548
SKU
V9780230284548
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Ref
99-15
About Garry Campion
Garry Campion teaches architectural conservation and history at the University of Northampton, UK, and has previously published The Good Fight: Battle of Britain Propaganda and the Few, also with Palgrave Macmillan in 2008, and again in paperback in 2010. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Reviews for The Battle of Britain, 1945-1965: The Air Ministry and the Few
Given the various commemorative activities that accompanied the recent seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Britain, this is a timely volume by Garry Campion, one which develops further some of the issues and ideas he had previously explored in his widely (and rightly) praised 2009 work ... . this is a fine contribution to Battle of Britain scholarship, and an ... Read more